If you feel like cracking into nearly 20-year-old operating systems for what we'll describe as "various and sundry" reasons, the source code for both Windows XP and ...

I vote it's not relevant. People working on "clean room" reverse engineering Windows (Wine, Samba, ReactOS) don't want the legal risk associated with leaked code. Microsoft has shown Windows source ...

The end of support for Windows XP has left some users stranded with no security updates from Microsoft. Should the Redmond giant open source Windows XP? Forbes takes a look at this possibility and ...

When it comes to Microsoft Windows, there are many versions that are iconic for different reasons. Windows 3.1 liberated the mainstream from the DOS prompt, and Windows 95 felt like the future had ...

WASHINGTON--A federal judge late Friday told Microsoft it must disclose portions of the Windows source code, including XP and XP Embedded, to nine litigating states and the District of Columbia. U.S.

Microsoft arguably built its business on MS-DOS, and on Tuesday the software giant and the Mountain View, CA-based Computer History Museum took the unprecedented step of publishing the source code for ...